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Submission + - Lawsuit alleging false copyright claims 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @03:49PM

An anonymous reader writes: Last month, Slashdot published an item, http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/14/17 19250&from=rss, about the growing problem of false copyright claims, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id =787244#PaperDownload. Today, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, a trade organization representing Google, Microsoft, and other giants, has filed a consumer protection complaint with the FTC against Hollywood studios, the NFL, and major book publishers for including overly broad copyright notices on their products. The Wall Street Journal has the scoop: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118593806790484425 .html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Is "Making Available" Copyright Infringement? 320

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @04:30PM from the RIAA-theory dept.

NewYorkCountryLawyer updates us now that the legal issue — is it copyright infringement merely to "make available" a copyrighted work? — has been argued by the attorneys in Elektra v. Barker (on January 26). Whichever way the ruling goes it will have a large impact across the Internet. Appeal seems likely either way. No ruling has issued yet but "a friend" has made the 58-page transcript "available" (PDF here).

Comment Favorite quote... (Score 2, Insightful) 627

by chadliness on Sunday January 21, 2007 @12:22AM (#17699358) Attached to: Microsoft Answers Vista DRM Critics' Claims

from the article,

Will Windows Vista content protection features increase CPU resource consumption? Yes. However, the use of additional CPU cycles is inevitable, as the PC provides consumers with additional functionality.

How exactly does limiting the quality of the video translate into providing consumers with additional functionality?

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